Washington Kurdish Institute On July 7, 2017 the jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş, a democratically elected member of parliament and the co-chair of the progressive Peoples’ Democra... Read more

Washington Kurdish Institute On July 5, 2017, large demonstrations took place in the Kurdish city of Afrin in Rojava, western (Syrian) Kurdistan against Turkish-backed military attacks. Ear... Read more

Washington Kurdish Institute July 6, 2017 The number of Kurdish opposition groups in the Islamic Republic of Iran has grown over the past 30 years. For the most part, this has been less a st... Read more

Washington Kurdish Insitute Yousif Ismael June 30, 2017 The People’s Defense Units (YPG) released a statement concerning the recent attacks and violations by the Turkish military on and arou... Read more

June 14, 2017 On June 7, the majority of Kurdish political parties held a meeting headed by the President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Massoud Barzani. As a result of the meeting, the pa... Read more

Washington Kurdish Institute Ari Goldman June 2, 2017 The U.S.-led coalition has begun conducting its first shipment of arms, as a part of a deal approved nearly one month ago by the Trump a... Read more